
Dr.
Leticia
Bode
United States
Georgetown University
Leticia Bode is a Professor in the Communication, Culture, and Technology master�s program at Georgetown University, and the inaugural Research Director for the Knight Georgetown Institute, which seeks to connect independent research with technology policy and design. She received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin � Madison, and her bachelor�s degree from Trinity University. Her research lies at the intersection of communication, technology, and political behavior, emphasizing the role communication and information technologies may play in the acquisition and use of political information. This covers a wide area, including exposure to political information on social media, correction of misinformation on social media, effects of exposure to political comedy, use of social media by political elites, selective exposure and political engagement in new media, and the changing nature of political socialization given the modern media environment. Work on these subjects has appeared in journals in Communication, Political Science, Information Studies, and other disciplines. A book on correcting misinformation on social media is in progress (Oxford, 2025). Bode also sits on the editorial boards of Political Communication, Journal of Information Technology and Politics, Social Media + Society, Mass Communication and Society, and Journal of Quantitative Description. For more about Leticia, follow her on Twitter or Bluesky at @leticiabode.